Leo Boutet

Leo Boutet (2 September 1785-14 July 1841) was a Colonel of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Leo Boutet was born in Fontainebleau in northern central France in 1785, and was drafted into the National Guard in 1805, a year where 8,400 French National Guard troops were called up every week and a half in Paris alone. Boutet was the colonel of a regiment of National Guard troops, staying at home and peace until the Allied invasion of 1814. In the Battle of Bar-le-Duc, Boutet's regiment of National Guard troops fought under the command of Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr, where they performed well in the defense of the French right wing against Prussians. After Napoleon's overthrow in April 1814, Boutet was appointed as the National Guard commandant of Fontainebleau and died at the age of 56 in 1841, still at his post.